USA TODAYÂ BESTSELLER âĒÂ âSearing . . . a heartbreaking page-turner.ââPeople
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âBoth heartbreaking and hopeful, this story of a daughter searching for the truth about her motherâs secret past, tangled up in old secrets and terrible lies, kept me up late turning pages.ââMartha Hall Kelly, bestselling author of Lilac Girls
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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE
Once inseparable, Berlin teenagers Ilse Fischer and Renate Bauer find their friendship ripped apart by their nationâs abrupt swing into fascism. Ilse, a so-called Aryan, throws her lot in with the Nazi Party, while Renate sees her once-secure world dismantled by Adolf Hitlerâs race laws and then shattered by a shocking betrayal. Decades later, that same betrayal will upend the life of Ilseâs daughter, Ava, as she discovers long-buried truths about her motherâs past. A harrowing page-turner, Wunderland traces the lives of three women across two generationsâand the devastating repercussions of choices made in the dark days of wartime Germany.
Praise for Wunderland
âEngrossing . . . Epstein reveals the devastating choices these women make.ââReal Simple
âWunderland is both an engrossing family drama and a foray into a dark period of history . . . a wholly original angle to the WWII novel. Youâll read it in one shivered sitting.ââRefinery29
âA vividly written and stark chronicle of Nazism and its legacies.ââKirkus Reviews (starred review)
âA wealth of history turns Wunderland into a novel thatâs both beautiful and devastating. . . . Epstein taps into the 1930s prewar era, laying out an unsparing narrative that details tragic events and horrifying legacies . . . opening a new door that may lead to redemption and joy for future generations.ââBookPage (starred review)
â[A] heartbreaking historical tour de force . . . Manâs inhumanity to manâand the redemptive power of forgivenessâis on stark and effective display in Epsteinâs gripping novel, a devastating tale bound for bestseller lists.ââPublishers Weekly (starred review)